Abstract: Reduction in the fatigue life of structural materials of nuclear components in Light Water Reactor (LWR) water was initially detected and examined by the authors in the 1980s, who subsequently ...

Abstract: Polymer cement mortar (PCM) retrofitting is one of the largely used strengthening methods for repairing fatigue deteriorated highway bridge slabs in Japan. In this method, reinforcing bars are arranged underneath the lower ...

Abstract: This paper presents within the scope of the theory of static elasticity a derivation of soil spring constant in longitudinal direction of a buried pipeline in the seismic design. It is found that the spring constant depends ...

Abstract: t is now well understood that the global surface ocean, whose pH has been reduced by ~0.1 in response to rising atmospheric CO2 since industrialization, will continue to become more acidic as fossil fuel CO2 emissions ...

Abstract: In the material processing such as shock synthesis and powder consolidation by shock waves the method for generating dynamic pressure is a vital factor for the quality of the final recovered ...

Abstract: The closed-loop equations of three cylindrical rollers, the spider of three spherical ends, and the housing of the tripod constant velocity joints are deduced as the spatial mechanism. They are ...

Abstract: Dynamic excitation from the gears generates vibration modes in the gearbox which causes radiation of unwanted structure-borne noise. To reduce the noise as well as the vibration, the stiffened ...

Abstract: This paper presents experimental results from a number of column tests on cement-bentonite (CB) mixtures permeated with chloride

Abstract: Analytical investigation of the evaluation of the coefficient of friction is made to clarify the mechanism of the load dependency of friction, which was obtained in Part 1 of this research, ...